[OpenPKG-SA-2003.016] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail)

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Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 08:48:58 PST

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    OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project
    http://www.openpkg.org/security.html              http://www.openpkg.org
    openpkg-securityat_private                         openpkgat_private
    OpenPKG-SA-2003.016                                          04-Mar-2003
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    Package:             sendmail
    Vulnerability:       code execution, root exploit
    OpenPKG Specific:    no
    
    Affected Releases:   Affected Packages:          Corrected Packages:
    OpenPKG CURRENT      <= sendmail-8.12.7-20030205 >= sendmail-8.12.8-20030304
    OpenPKG 1.2          <= sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.0    >= sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1
    OpenPKG 1.1          none                        N.A.
    
    Dependent Packages:  none
    
    Description:
      According to an ISS X-Force advisory [1], a buffer overflow
      vulnerability exists in all versions from 5.79 to 8.12.7 of the
      Sendmail MTA [0]. Attackers may remotely exploit this vulnerability to
      gain "root" or superuser control of any vulnerable Sendmail server.
      The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
      CAN-2002-1337 [2] to the problem.
    
      Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm
      -q sendmail". If you have the "sendmail" package installed and its
      version is affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately
      upgrade it (see Solution). [3][4]
    
    Solution:
      Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
      [5], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [6] or a mirror location,
      verify its integrity [7], build a corresponding binary RPM from it [3]
      and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [4].
      For the current release OpenPKG 1.2, perform the following operations
      to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust
      accordingly).
    
      $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
      ftp> bin
      ftp> cd release/1.2/UPD
      ftp> get sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1.src.rpm
      ftp> bye
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1.src.rpm
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1.src.rpm
      $ su -
      # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1.*.rpm
    
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    References:
      [0] http://www.sendmail.org/
      [1] http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950
      [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1337
      [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
      [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
      [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/sendmail-8.12.7-1.2.1.src.rpm
      [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/
      [7] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
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